Examples · Open-source maintainer
Kit Alvarado, a link in bio template for an open-source maintainer
An example page for a fictional open-source maintainer. Kit Alvarado is not a real maintainer.
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Why it is built this way
Sponsorship sits above the repository itself, and for an open-source maintainer that is the honest order. The money pays for the hours, and everything else on the page exists to make the case for it.
How each button supports that case:
"Sponsor the maintenance" names what the money buys. Maintenance is unglamorous and never finished, which is exactly why it needs funding, and the label says so without a speech.
"The repository" is for developers who want to check the code before they believe the bio.
"Open issues, sorted by pain" invites contributors in, and the phrasing tells them the maintainer knows which problems hurt most.
"Why I stopped taking feature requests" sets a boundary in public, once, so it does not have to be argued in every thread.
JetBrains Mono, a monospaced coding font, sets the buttons, so they read like lines in an editor. Inter handles the name and bio. The near-black background (#050506) and grey text (#B7BBC1) echo a dark editor theme, and one chartreuse (#D8F14A) is the only colour on the page, used on the buttons and to ring the photo. Square corners fit the terminal feel.
The bio makes the argument in a single sentence: "I look after a parser most people have never heard of and every framework depends on." Anyone who maintains something invisible that others rely on can borrow that structure: what you look after, and who breaks if you stop.
What is on the page
- Classic layout
- Fonts: name in Inter, bio in Inter, buttons in JetBrains Mono
- Colours: buttons #D8F14A with #0A0C02 text, background #050506, bio text #B7BBC1, profile ring #D8F14A
- Square buttons
- Button 1: Sponsor the maintenance
- Button 2: The repository
- Button 3: Open issues, sorted by pain
- Button 4: Why I stopped taking feature requests
